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Patrick Ho Chi Ping was accused of paying off top officials in Uganda and Chad to support energy conglomerate CEFC China Energy's projects in their countries
Jailed in 1979 for belonging to an armed revolutionary group outlawed in Italy, Battisti escaped two years later and spent nearly four decades on the run
The lira lost around 5.2 percent in value against the greenback on Friday, its worst day since a currency crisis last year triggered by a US diplomatic spat and sanctions
Facebook said it 'quickly' removed the live video showing the killing of 50 people by white supremacist in twin mosque attacks in Christchurch, but livestream was shared extensively on YouTube and Twitter
Britain is still no closer to figuring out how it intends to split off from the other 27 EU nations than it was when voters narrowly backed Brexit in a divisive 2016 national poll
Also Sunday, the health ministry in Gaza announced the death of a Palestinian wounded previously in clashes with Israeli forces
Teachers on temporary contracts have been on strike since March 3 demanding permanent employment arrangements that would improve their rights and benefits
Most of those killed when the boat sank Thursday in the Tigris River in Mosul were women and children headed for a Mother's Day picnic on the Kurds' Nowruz New Year holiday
Children were thought to be searching for scrap that they later sell
Garuda appears to be the first airline to cancel an order of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes
General Robert Neller said the funds diverted to the wall means Marines cannot rebuild hurricane-hit bases, and will miss several joint exercises
Rscue took place in Chaghi district of Balochistan province, near the Afghan border, the statement says
France on Thursday called for Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh to be released and warned Tehran that its adherence to a nuclear accord does not give it a blank check on human rights
European financial mechanism was set up to bypass US sanctions on Iran as a last resort to save the 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by the US
All independent media is banned in Vietnam and bloggers, activists and rights lawyers are routinely jailed
Tereza Hluskova, 22, has denied the charges and announced plans to file an appeal
Two medics told AFP that 10 bodies had been received at a morgue in Suez
Calls to deny the US oil giant parliament access follows its failure to attend a hearing into claims it knowingly misled the public on climate change
Sledgehammer-wielding man was seen smashing windows at two mosques in Britain's second city Birmingham and three more have been similarly vandalized overnight, police said Thursday
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